Where does “Kipppunkt” come from?

Kipppunkt (German) comes from German Punkt, from Latin pūnctum, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Kipppunkt (German): tipping point

Definitions

  1. tipping point

Ancestry of “Kipppunkt”, step by step

Kipppunkt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Punkt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPunktdot; full stop, period; decimal point, point,...
2Latinpūnctumpoint
3Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via German kippen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankippento tilt; to dump; to pour; to tip over
2Germankippeinflection of kippen: ## first-person singular...
3Latincippusstake, post; gravestone, tombstone; landmark,...

Words derived from “Kipppunkt

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus
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